Button, Royal Naval uniform: pattern 1843-1891

Eighty-four buttons.
Fifty-eight buttons have a rope twist edge. Within a raised circular border on a lined background is a pre-1901 crown above a fouled anchor with the rope tied to the ring at the top, then goes under the right-hand side of the stock, goes over the shank to the left and then under the shank to the right and finishes under the right arm. Commissioned officers.

Twenty-six buttons have a rope twist edge. Within a raised circular border on a lined background is a pre-1901 crown with a fouled anchor below it, with the rope going under the right-hand stock, then under the shank to the left and then over the shank to the right and under the right-hand arm.

Object Details

ID: UNI2075
Collection: Uniforms
Type: Button
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Gieve's Ltd; Firmin & Sons Limited C. & J. Weldon Edward Stillwell & Son M. S. & J. D.
Date made: Unknown
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Diameter: 22 mm; Diameter: 21 mm; Diameter: 19 mm; Diameter: 16mm; Diameter: 14mm